Journal profile · Medicine-Health Policy
Portuguese Journal of Public Health
ISSN 2504-3145 · Karger · Switzerland
Portuguese Journal of Public Health: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2026 Xinrui edition); impact factor 0.9 (journal website); fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 202 days to acceptance (42 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 37% (journal website); 27 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Portuguese Journal of Public Health is published by Karger and is classed under Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Human auditory perception and evaluation, Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies and Physics and Engineering Research Articles, together about 24.4% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
This journal publishes scientific content in the field of public health in general as well as related disciplines, with the aim to promote the discussion and development of knowledge at a national and international level. Articles focus on public health issues such as primary care, health economics, new models in health management, or occupational health, in addition to papers addressing disease prevention and quality of life. The journal publishes original research and reviews, case reports and commentaries.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Health Policy
Editor-in-chief António Sousa UvaPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering9.2%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance8.8%
- Physics and Engineering Research ArticlesEngineering6.4%
- COVID-19 and Mental HealthPsychology6%
- Global Public Health Policies and EpidemiologyBusiness, Management and Accounting5.7%
- Obesity, Physical Activity, DietMedicine4.6%
- Health Literacy and Information AccessibilityHealth Professions4.6%
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
PubMedEmbaseSciELOPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 0.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.5LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 1.5Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.27LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.44LetPub ·
- h-index
- 16OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 31OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.6OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 17LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 282 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 19 | 19 | 3 |
| 2025 | 27 | 27 | 38 |
| 2024 | 31 | 31 | 82 |
| 2023 | 32 | 32 | 91 |
| 2022 | 29 | 29 | 98 |
| 2021 | 32 | 32 | 137 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
202 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 161 days – 286 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 33 days (42 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 256 days
- Sample
- 42 articles with submission and acceptance dates (57 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 55 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 37%Publisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 27 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | EUR 250 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC | |
| OpenAlex | EUR 250 | — | — | |
| LetPub | EUR 250 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | CHF 270 / USD 300 / EUR 250 | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Keywords
- ≥ 3
- Reference style
- Vancouver
- Templates
- Word
Article types accepted12, with length limits
- book reviewailable below. For guidance purposes, a Book Review is typically 1000 words in length and up to 3 Tables and Figures. Documents Book Remain text ≤ 1,000 words
- brief reportailable below. For guidance purposes, a Brief Report is typically 3000 words in length and up to 3 Tables and Figures. Documents Brief Rmain text ≤ 3,000 words
- case reportThe journal publishes original research and reviews, case reports and commentaries.Length not stated
- commentaryailable below. For guidance purposes, a Commentary is typically 1000 words in length and up to 3 Tables and Figures. Documents Commentmain text ≤ 1,000 words
- editorialilable below. For guidance purposes, an Editorial is typically 1000 words in length and up to 3 Tables and Figures. Documents Editorimain text ≤ 1,000 words
- letterailable below. For guidance purposes, a Letter is typically 1000 words in length and up to 3 Tables and Figures. Documents Lettermain text ≤ 1,000 words
- methods articleailable below. For guidance purposes, a Methods Article is typically 3000 words in length and up to 3 Tables and Figures. Documents Methodsmain text ≤ 3,000 words
- original researchThe journal publishes original research and reviews, case reports and commentaries.Length not stated
- research articleailable below. For guidance purposes, a Research Article is typically 5000 words in length with 4 to 8 Tables and Figures. Documents Researcmain text ≤ 5,000 words
- reviewThe journal publishes original research and reviews, case reports and commentaries.Length not stated
- review articleailable below. For guidance purposes, a Review Article is typically 5000 words in length with 4 to 8 Tables and Figures. Documents Reviewmain text ≤ 5,000 words
- systematic reviewailable below. For guidance purposes, a Systematic Review is typically 5000 words in length with 4 to 8 Tables and Figures. Document Systematmain text ≤ 5,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Self-archiving
- Authorship Author Contributions
In the Author Contribution statement, a short statement detailing the contributions of each person named as an author should be included. The CRediT taxonomy is a useful framework for preparing this section. Contributors to the submission who do not fulfil the ICMJE Criteria for Authorship should be credited, with their consent, in the Acknowledgement section.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of Interest Statement
Authors are required to disclose any relationship that could be perceived as a conflict of interest in the Conflict of Interest Statement. All forms of support and financial involvement which took place in the previous three years should be listed, regardless of their potential relevance to the paper. Nonfinancial relationships that may potentially influence the writing of the manuscript should al…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Availability Statement
Authors are required to provide a Data Availability Statement that details whether data are publicly available and where the data supporting their study can be accessed. The journal’s data sharing policy strongly encourages authors to make all datasets on which the conclusions of the paper rely available to editors, reviewers and readers without unnecessary restriction wherever possible. In cases …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Licenses and Copyright
Articles published in Portuguese Journal of Public Health are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, unless otherwise agreed with Karger Publishers. When sharing or reusing any article, attribution must be given to the original source, using the statement "The final, published version of this article is available at http://karger.com…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
Open Access since 2017 (All articles are published under Creative Commons licenses) Content prior to 2017 is available under the subscription model. All rights reserved.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review
Double-anonymous peer review Model summary
Peer Review Policy All Karger journals employ a rigorous peer-review process to confirm the validity and ensure scientific accuracy of published articles. Independent researchers with relevant expertise assess submitted manuscripts to help journal editors determine whether a manuscript should be published in their journal. All articles, except for Editorials and some Correspondence articles, are e…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving Archiving and Self-Archiving
All articles are archived in Portico. Articles may also be archived in PubMed Central if the journal is indexed there. Karger permits authors of Open Access articles to post the Version of Record (VOR) of their articles in Open Access repositories or on other websites. Preprints may be shared without restriction. Re-posted Open Access articles must follow the terms of the relevant Creative Commons…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Karger
- Country or region
- Switzerland
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2504-3145
- Print ISSN
- 2504-3137
- Society / sponsor
- National School of Public Health - NOVA University of Lisbon
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 44, Issue 1 (June 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Portuguese Journal of Public Health
What CAS zone is Portuguese Journal of Public Health in?
In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Portuguese Journal of Public Health?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.9; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 1.5, h-index 16.
How long does peer review take at Portuguese Journal of Public Health?
Based on the dates recorded on 42 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 202 days (interquartile range 161–286 days); authors report an average review time of about 55 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 37%. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of Portuguese Journal of Public Health?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Keywords: ≥ 3; Reference style: Vancouver; Templates: Word. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Which databases index Portuguese Journal of Public Health?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Portuguese Journal of Public Health is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists PubMed, Embase and SciELO; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Portuguese Journal of Public Health open access, and what is the APC?
Portuguese Journal of Public Health is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .